E3 2016: Telltale's The Walking Dead: Season 3 Will Have New Playable Character

Players won't only be jumping back into Clementine's shoes when Telltale Games' The Walking Dead returns this fall.

During 20022254" target="_blank">The Walking Dead: Season 3 Reveal on IGN Live at E3, Telltale's Job Stauffer and Laura Perusco confirmed that the new character glimpsed in the first trailer, Javier, will be playable in addition to Clementine. He has never previously appeared in the comic book series or the game.

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"He's been through a lot and he is central to this story. He is absolutely important to what's going on," Stauffer said during the reveal, explaining that Javier and Clementine "have a lot of common goals, if not a lot of common enemies."

"This is very much a new story as much as it is a continuation," Perusco said of the season as a whole.